A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Urquharts
In the city directories 1940 · 43 addresses on 37 streets
The directories print the Urquhart name at 43 addresses on 37 streets in 1940, in 14 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Urquharts lived
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- West End6 addresses
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- Downtown4 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Riley Park3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Strathcona1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: A Urquhart and H H Urquhart1940
- 2Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Mrs M Urquhart and M Urquhart1940
- 3Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Chester Urquhart, John Urquhart and Lawrence G Urquhart1940
- 4Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: D Urquhart and W G Urquhart1940
- 5West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: H A Urquhart, Alex N Urquhart, Willard M Urquhart and one more1940
- 6West 26th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: F B Urquhart, R Urquhart and Olivia M Urquhart1940
- 7Balaclava StreetOne address in Kitsilano; three people: Mrs J Urquhart, Don G Urquhart and William A B Urquhart1940
- 8Bayswater StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Florence M Urquhart1940
- 9Bute StreetOne address in West End; two people: Mrs A F Urquhart and Gertrude A Urquhart1940
- 10Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Harry Urquhart1940
- 11Commercial DriveOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Mrs D E Urquhart1940
- 12Denman StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs M Urquhart1940
25 more streets, by name: East 31st Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Harwood Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Manitoba Street (1), Maple Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prior Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sherbrooke Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 43 addresses, 20 still have their buildings from before 1946, nine have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 14; each street's page names them.
The book of the Urquharts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Urquhart name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under U. Want a name removed? Tell us.